Medical records were destroyed decades ago but infected blood victims are still being asked to prove the exact date they were infected. Sal Brinton, Lib Dem victims spokesperson, pressed the government to drop a demand that is stalling claims and leaving families waiting. @salbrinton.bsky.social

波係圓嘅 — as the Cantonese saying goes, the ball is round: anything can happen. Heart-breaking, but we're proudly backing the England team all the way. ❤️⚽

The threat of the ‘kill-switch’ scenario is not a distant possibility, and our nation is not well equipped to tackle it. We need a new industrial and defence strategy on AI resilience asap. #AIResilience #LDConf #ALDE www.libdemvoice.org/values-to-ca...

Championing stronger AI resilience: Take-away from ALDE Congress 2026

ALDE Congress is the largest gathering of our party members alongside our European sister parties. The Liberal Democrats delegation was at the heart of Europe in Vienna last weekend. First, we got mos...

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🟥 "China's spy embassy: approved." Starmer folded despite MI5 and GCHQ warning risks 'cannot be wholly eliminated.' Andy Burnham promises 'a new approach to politics.' Here's a chance to show it — support the legal fight and more. #UKChina #RedCard

🟥 "Chinese green technology is just cheap." Heatwave, Middle East shock — we know it's tempting to grab cheap Chinese solar tech. But red card the Chinese 'kill switch.' 🟥 Build European industrial capacity instead — truly resilient energy security demands it. #UKChina #RedCard

From Vienna to Westminster: why the UK's AI strategy needs to go further. Larry Ngan (Chair, @libdemshk.bsky.social ) unpacks ALDE Congress 2026, the "kill switch" risk, and what real tech resilience looks like. Full piece on Lib Dem Voice →see comments for link

10 years since #Brexit. What have we lost? £90bn a year — the cost of the Tories' deal. Labour is rushing to Beijing for deals with an authoritarian regime instead of rebuilding ties with Europe. Only single market access puts Britain at Europe's heart. 🔶 #libdems

Unforgivable. This happens when current rules on reporting interest in parliamentarians are not strict enough. That’s why our Policy Working Group in @libdems.org.uk is working hard on plugging the loophole. #DefendingBritishDemocracy #DemocracyResilience

Luke McGee@lukemcgee.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Absolutely extraordinary story from the Sunday Times that is going to be very hard for Farage to deflect. "Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Liberal Democrats leading for democracy resilience 🔶 In Europe 🔶 Fighting for Europe🔶

Celebrating our partnership with sister liberal parties at #ALDECongress Vienna '26 — from signing the Disability & Inclusion Declaration to backing Julie Smith's bid for ALDE Vice-President. And yes, we celebrated 🍾😋 with schnitzel! #libdems 🇪🇺

Mission accomplished again!!!! Huge congrats to @juliesmith.eu our candidates for ALDE election, and once again all the candidates we endorsed had been elected! #ALDE #JulieSmith4ALDEVP

Honoured to help out @juliesmith.eu on her election campaign. Being the Defence spokesperson in the House of Lords, she understood what Europe needs while resisting the threat from Authoritarian Regimes. Vote for her now and bring a secured Europe! #ALDE #JulieSmithForALDEVP

PARALLEL POLICY: Government's under-16s social media ban. "No child in Britain needs to know the failures of authoritarian governments -- just in case Starmer fails as badly." From HK to Georgia, youth engage social media in calling out authoritarian policies that kills off their country's future.

China's president Xi asserts his strategic leadership among authoritarians to undermine liberal democracies This week, Parliament debates the Tackling State Threats Bill. Our elected representatives must get real — and get serious. #EndForeignInterference in #UK from #China

A lot underestimate the consequences of this action. We increasingly rely on AI tools like @anthropic.com on apps such as financial tools and gaming, even national defence. It is time to build up our capacity in AI, not only UK but with our European partners. #DemocracyResilience

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

The US government just issued an export restriction on Claude Fable/Mythos preventing any foreign national from accessing the model even in the US and Anthropic employees. As a result, all access is cutoff for the foreseeable future.

Join 🕯️vigils tonight Chinese dissidents in the UK are still fighting everyday against authoritarianism. In light of the many transnational repression conducted by the authoritarian regime in Beijing, UK legislators must double down their efforts in protecting these campaigners. #June4 Tiananmen

#Eurovision: with no particular order: Finland, Moldova, Italy, Poland….. #ESC

The conviction is an important justice for democracy. But more importantly, the gov & UK politicians must take decisive action to end China's meddling & determination to strike within our democracy. Our petition is supported and passed at the Liberal Democrat Conference 2025.

To all the candidates, good luck with the count! #LibDems #LE2025

Thanks @nicholas-chan.bsky.social and @arthur-wu.bsky.social for a big birthday surprise! It will be a very eventful year. #ldconf

Woke up earlier than usual and found a full gym near the hotel, first prep to the conference! #LDConf

We're heeeeeeeeeeeee-re

Another new Chinese spy case involving the spouse of an MP demonstrates the urgency to ➡️Place #China onto the Enhanced Tier of FIRS ➡️A Resilience Tsar charged with building whole-of-society resilience with our European partners My op-ed below👇 www.libdemvoice.org/new-chinese-...

New Chinese spy case and our Defending Democracy policy draft

Wednesday’s disturbing news on UK democracy interference is the Met’s arrest and a new Chinese espionage case. Among the suspects is the spouse of an MP. Nigel Farage — the leader of a party with a se...

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Larry's article on #HongKong 's Apple Daily & Jimmy Lai from December. Prime Minister Starmer, Where there's a ruling entity that seeks to do harm to its fellow citizens, why would you ask British interests to risk doing businesses in the region? www.libdemvoice.org/from-hks-tai...

From Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire to Jimmy Lai’s political persecution end impunity for crimes against journalists

For the past two years, my father (Jimmy Lai) has been on trial under Hong Kong’s arbitrary and draconian national security law…. His skin is drying up, his nails are changing colour before falling of...

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I am glad to see the UK government finally allows HK youth to apply for BN(O) visa by themselves, which is what our AO campaigned for since we set up. On the other hand, political prisoners like Jimmy Lai remained unreleased, it made me disappointed. UK government should do more. #HongKong #BNO

Liberal Democrats Friends of Hong Kong@libdemshk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It's a day of mixed feelings for #HongKong Yes, the BN(O) visa scheme is expanded, which we long demanded for HK youths; But, the Government's inaction to free political prisoners including Jimmy Lai & many others, putting trade before British Nationals - don't treat the expansion as an atonement

We need to know how the Government plans to deal with Iran - and with Donald Trump’s plans for Iran. @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social and I have written to the Defence and Foreign Secretaries today asking them to hold Iran’s leaders to account and to tell Parliament their plans.

I really wish this coalition government would work well. It will be an example on how liberal parties providing an alternative vision to the PVV alt right ones of Europe. #D66 #VVD

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7mo ago

Dutch parties strike minority coalition deal three months after D66 election upset

First morning in my #taipei trip, always nice to start with workout in a great hotel gym.

Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.

Starmer must condemn Trump’s illegal actions in Venezuela